Silico-asbestosis that responded to steroid therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 917-921

  Hoshi, Sakuo ^a   Tamai, Yotaro ^a   Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Ishida, Hirofumi ^a   Yoshida, Nozomi ^a   Ogawa, Chuhei ^a   Suzuki, Naoto ^a   Sano, Yasuyuki ^a   Kawabata, Yoshinori ^b  

^a Doai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dust exposure; Mixed dust pneumoconiosis; Silico asbestosis; Steroid therapy; Subacute exacerbation

Indexed keywords

IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; ASBESTOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICOSIS; STAINING; STEROID THERAPY; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SILICOSIS;

EID: 33748306114     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1656     Document Type: Article

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